| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Sarah Montague asks what really makes a difference to a child's ability.(R) 00:45The bells of Ripon Cathedral in North Yorkshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Larkin, aged 17, goes up to Oxford to read English and meets a jazz-loving kindred spirit.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Philip meets Monica Jones, and so begins a lifelong and complicated relationship.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5While working as Librarian at Hull University, Larkin meets Maeve Brennan.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5As middle age approaches, Larkin's private life is as complicated as ever.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Larkin brings a third woman into his life.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3A land-owning couple face a stark dilemma when an illegal immigrant dies on their property(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Mike Starkey. 05:45Local produce on the M5 northbound. Meet the farmers supplying Gloucester Services. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the Meadow Pipit.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Mike Starkey. 05:45Research shows that farm fires cost the industry more than £50m in 2013. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the Green Sandpiper.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Mike Starkey. 05:45The number of badgers to be shot in this year's pilot badger cull has been cut. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the wood sandpiper.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Mike Starkey. 05:45A form of leprosy found in Scotland's red squirrels is a mystery to scientists. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the mistle thrush.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Mike Starkey. 05:45Is farming man's biggest mistake in history? With Sybil Ruscoe. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the great spotted woodpecker.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with Pastor Lindsay Allen. 05:45'We started thinking, are we going to be allowed to die in our house?'.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of Washington National Cathedral. 05:45Edward Stourton profiles the Ukrainian president.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark learns a Cold War secret amidst the Isle of Wight's chalk cliffs, The Needles.(R) 06:30Sybil Ruscoe takes a look at the issue of access to the countryside. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Samira Ahmed explores the story of Siddhartha, the prince who became the Buddha. 06:35Tom Heap learns how to farm queen conch, the seafood staple of the Caribbean. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs, discussing the Rotherham abuse scandal. 07:55Kirsty Young presents an appeal on behalf of Meningitis Research Foundation. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service from Fisherwick Presbyterian Church, Belfast. Led by the Rev Michael Anderson. 08:48Will Self takes on one of the nation's best-loved figures, George Orwell.(R) 08:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the wood sandpiper.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:004/4Stephen Fry finds the subject of plain English can get complicated. 09:302/5Bettany listens to a rat laughing and giggles at schoolboy jokes from Ancient Mesopotamia.(R) 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by John Forrest.
| 09:001/4Protector of the landscape, pickler of our history, a job creation scheme for the retired? 09:30Harry Wu was a young student jailed for nearly 20 years in Communist China. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Clair Jaquiss.
| 09:003/4David Steel reflects on his role in shifting Britain away from two-party politics. 09:303/5Robert McCrum on the life of Norah Smallwood, Britain's first woman publishing leader.(R) 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Kirsty Thorpe.
| 09:003/4Amanda Vickery explores a new crime for a new consumer society - shoplifting. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Father Philip Sumner.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor looks back at the phenomenal rise of the Sun newspaper in the 1980s.(R) 09:45Led by the Most Rev David Chillingworth, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by columnist Katharine Whitehorn.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Can men and women just be friends? Jane Garvey and Tim Samuels try it out. 10:15Commentary on the first One Day International between England and India, from Bristol.
| 10:00Emma Barnett presents the female perspective, with Christian rock star Vicky Beeching. 10:452/10Cromwell orders Shardlake to track down some Greek Fire, an ancient and deadly weapon.
| 10:00A profile of Thokozile Masipa, the ground-breaking female judge in the Pistorius trial. 10:15Commentary on the second One Day International between England and India, from Cardiff.
| 10:00The guests include conductor Sian Edwards, novelist Sarah Waters and Seema Malhotra MP. 10:454/10Shardlake and Barak's investigation leads them to the ruins of St Bartholew's monastery.
| 10:00Jenni Murray talks to Lea DeLaria about her role in Orange Is the New Black. 10:455/10Shardlake focuses on helping Elizabeth Wentworth, accused of murdering her young cousin.
| 10:15Commentary on the third One Day International between England and India, from Trent Bridge
| 10:00At Loxfest, there is good news and bad. Meanwhile, Jennifer gets a surprise.
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| 11:00 | | 11:00Most published science papers are untrue, but few ever get tested. Jolyon Jenkins reports. 11:30Horatio Clare tells the story of the unconventional anthropologist Colin Turnbull.
| | 11:00How effective are the drug rehabilitation centres run by Guatemala's Pentecostal churches? 11:30Frank Cottrell Boyce curates and creates the festival of his wildest dreams.
| 11:00Alan Dein meets doulas in Lewes, Sussex, who are companions to the dying. 11:306/6Author Kate Mosse's diary tells of a rain-soaked family holiday to the Lake District.(R)
| | 11:15Sue MacGregor gathers five people who helped to bring independence to Zimbabwe in 1980.
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| 12:00 | 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the first One Day International between England and India, from Bristol.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04In Folkestone, the German Consulate is under surveillance. 12:15Lending money to relatives is at an all-time high. What does that mean for families? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the second One Day International between England and India, from Cardiff.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Britain is victorious in its first naval battle, and there are tears at the vicarage. 12:15The company selling boiler insurance to vulnerable people who don't need it. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04In Folkestone, the cake sale at St Jude's is in full swing. 12:15How can a discount card end up costing you hundreds of pounds? With Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the third One Day International between England and India, from Trent Bridge
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:043/8Hosted by the venerable Nicholas Parsons and recorded at the Edinburgh Festival.(R) 12:32Dan Saladino revisits Derek Cooper's hunt for British regional foods, 40 years on. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | | 13:00National and international news with Edward Stourton. 13:452/5Writer Lucy Mangan looks at the economic theories in The Treasure Seekers by E Nesbit.
| | 13:00Eurosceptic Tory MP Carswell defects to UKIP and resigns seat. With Edward Stourton. 13:454/5Lucy looks for economic solutions in Anthony Trollope's The Last Chronicle of Barset.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:455/5Writer Lucy Mangan turns to fairy tales in a search for literary solutions to the economy.
| | 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:30Exploring the Manhattan grid as city matrix, psychic space and a bold political ideal.
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| 14:00 | | 14:00Loxfest has celebrity headliners.(R) 14:15Alastair Jessiman's psychic detective discovers a shocking secret about his own past.(R)
| | 14:00Jennifer gets a surprise.(R) 14:15Writer Don Shaw recreates a meeting he had in 1979 with 86-year-old activist Dora Russell.
| 14:00Henry gets boisterous.(R) 14:153/6Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly
| | 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs the horticultural panel programme from RHS Wisley.(R) 14:45Fi Glover with conversations about racism, childlessness and being a metal detectorist.
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| 15:00 | | 15:002/7Jay Rayner and the panel are in Bedford taking questions on eating and drinking.(R) 15:30How the rise in diesel cars may have damaged our health. Tom Heap investigates.
| | 15:00Helen Mark learns a Cold War secret amidst the Isle of Wight's chalk cliffs, The Needles. 15:27Dr Dawn Harper presents an appeal for Action Medical Research.(R) 15:30Writers Damian Barr, Evie Wyld and Joe Dunthorne discuss the rise of live literary events.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs the horticultural panel programme from RHS Wisley. 15:451/3A young girl is elated to be part of a plan to steal a chicken from the Snatchers.
| | 15:001/3A young vicar is attracted by the country house parties, little knowing the repercussions.
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| 16:00 | | 16:00Arthur Bostrom examines the origins, colourful history and new era of the double entendre. 16:30Ray Mears champions the life of Field-Marshal Erwin Rommel.
| | 16:00Francine Stock unlocks The Cabinet of Dr Caligari as the horror classic is re-released. 16:30Adam Rutherford shines a light on how the mouse brain processes memory.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a director, a human rights campaigner, a yoga guru and a Labour MSP. 16:30Tim Harford scrutinises claims made about the outbreak. Plus guide dogs, prisons and ATOS. 16:55Friends share the experience of infertility and accept that childlessness has its pluses.
| | 16:00Ian McEwan on his new novel The Children Act, and US author Amy Bloom on Lucky Us. 16:30Roger McGough presents a programme marking 75 years since the death of WB Yeats.
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| 17:00 | 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn presents coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn presents coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn presents coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Prof Ngaire Woods examines how international cooperation is evolving.(R) 17:40Edward Stourton profiles the Ukrainian president.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Commentary on the first One Day International between England and India, from Bristol. 18:303/8Hosted by the venerable Nicholas Parsons and recorded at the Edinburgh Festival.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6The pros and cons of being grown up enough to have a guest room.(R)
| 18:00Commentary on the second One Day International between England and India, from Cardiff. 18:305/6The impressions show that tugs on the beard of news.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4How working on death row convinced Susan that she was absolutely against the death penalty(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Marcus has decided to form a religion based on peace, loving-kindness and probably war.
| 18:00Commentary on the third One Day International between England and India, from Trent Bridge 18:30Nikki Bedi and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15John Waite chooses his highlights from the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Loxfest has celebrity headliners. 19:15One Man, Two Guvnors writer Richard Bean, with James Corden and Nicholas Hytner. 19:451/10The Tudor detective desperately seeks clues in the stinking London heat.(R)
| 19:00Roy and Elizabeth are on a high. 19:15Johnny Marr on his new album; Frank Auerbach as collected by Lucian Freud; Alex Gibney. 19:452/10Cromwell orders Shardlake to track down some Greek Fire, an ancient and deadly weapon.(R)
| 19:00Jennifer gets a surprise. 19:15Arts news. Jesse Eisenberg talks to Kirsty Lang about his latest role in Night Moves. 19:453/10The search for the stolen Greek Fire intensifies, as the prime suspects are grilled.(R)
| 19:15Margaret Atwood discusses her new short story collection Stone Mattress. With Samira Ahmed 19:454/10Shardlake and Barak's investigation leads them to the ruins of St Bartholew's monastery.(R)
| 19:00Vicky has got news for Hayley. 19:15Kirsty Lang talks to award-winning playwright Alan Ayckbourn about his 78th play Roundelay 19:455/10Shardlake focuses on helping Elizabeth Wentworth, accused of murdering her young cousin.(R)
| 19:00Edward Stourton profiles the Ukrainian president. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe chairs discussion of the week's culture, including Martin Amis's new novel.
| 19:00Hayley has got a lot on her mind. 19:154/4Someone wants to close the Regent Theatre, and is willing to murder to do so...(R) 19:45Irreverent story by satirist John O'Farrell. What if Judas had written the Gospels?
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| 20:00 | 20:00What motivates men to pay women to sleep with them? Four men tell Jo Fidgen why they do it 20:30The struggle to keep alive the game that is the heart of Ireland's identity.(R)
| 20:00Prof Ngaire Woods examines how international cooperation is evolving. 20:40Peter White talks to cookery author Elaine Bastable about coping with sight loss.
| 20:002/3Matthew Taylor presents a new discussion programme. 20:4561/3Philosopher Amia Srinivasan makes the case for anger.
| 20:00With big publishers and Amazon at war, Adam Fleming reports on turmoil in the book world. 20:30Cremona in northern Italy is a centre of violin making, but can the old industry survive?
| 20:00Ritula Shah presents political debate from the Broadcasting House Radio Theatre in London. 20:50Will Self takes on one of the nation's best-loved figures, George Orwell.
| 20:00Dominic Sandbrook explores the life of 1930s radio station magnate Leonard Plugge.
| 20:00Tim Harford scrutinises claims made about the outbreak. Plus guide dogs, prisons and ATOS.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a director, a human rights campaigner, a yoga guru and a Labour MSP.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:003/3Listening is about more than hearing, as we discover with four individuals.(R) 21:304/4Stephen Fry finds the subject of plain English can get complicated.(R)
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter examines how powerful lobbying groups influence what you eat and drink. 21:301/4Protector of the landscape, pickler of our history, a job creation scheme for the retired?(R)
| 21:00How the rise in diesel cars may have damaged our health. Tom Heap investigates.(R) 21:303/4David Steel reflects on his role in shifting Britain away from two-party politics.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford shines a light on how the mouse brain processes memory.(R) 21:303/4Amanda Vickery explores a new crime for a new consumer society - shoplifting.(R)
| 21:00With the first war-wounded arriving home, the locals attempt to boost morale.
| 21:00Mike Walker's epic chronicle of the Stuarts considers the ill-fated reign of James II.(R)
| 21:00NISA or nastier? Second chance to avoid bounced payments, and new money lessons.(R) 21:26Kirsty Young presents an appeal on behalf of Meningitis Research Foundation.(R) 21:30Cremona in northern Italy is a centre of violin making, but can the old industry survive?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:451/10October 1981 in Luton, and Robert Goulding first meets his 'glimmertwin' Francis Mulvey.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:452/10On Rob's 19th birthday, life is about to change when he meets Trez.
| 22:00Rotherham child abuse, Syria war crimes, and the Assad dilemma. With Ritula Shah. 22:453/10The trio turn their attention to finding the band's 'unbeatable drummer'.
| 22:00Ukraine claims Russian invasion, Tory MP defects to UKIP, and the ebola doctor's diary. 22:454/10An unexpected windfall for Fran prompts the band to make a go of it.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:455/10Are the fortunes of the band about to change?
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:152/3Matthew Taylor presents a new discussion programme.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Zoe Williams of the Guardian analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00The writer Graham Joyce with a personal take on the ways in which we talk about cancer.(R) 23:301/4Richard Wilson charts the extraordinary effect Victor Meldrew has had on his life.(R)
| 23:002/3The story of Mastermind, a blind megalomaniac looking for love. 23:302/4Richard Wilson discovers a secret relative he never knew he had.(R)
| 23:001/4Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema piece together a rapid-fire sketch show. 23:155/6A lonely woman peeks into other people's houses - but is she too quick to judge? 23:303/4Richard Wilson explains the long lasting influence Ian McKellen has had on his life.(R)
| 23:003/4The sketch show written entirely by the public. 23:304/4After a near-death experience, Richard decides to arrange his own fantasy funeral.(R)
| 23:006/6Jay Rayner asks what compels people to look at horrific things. 23:55Friends reflect on the racism they encountered growing up in East London in the 1980s.
| 23:00With Maureen Lipman, Sanjeev Kohli, Penny Smith and Peter Kellner. Nigel Rees hosts.(R) 23:30Anna Scott-Brown hears tales of loss and hope, turned to poetry by Michael Symmons Roberts(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock unlocks The Cabinet of Dr Caligari as the horror classic is re-released.(R) 23:30Samira Ahmed explores the story of Siddhartha, the prince who became the Buddha.(R)
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